Keith Glein
This is an excellent example of a Wine Bottle Shape Pumpkin.
It measures 35 3/4 inches in circumference or about 11 1/2 inches wide. And it's about 13 1/2 inches tall.
The float is a lovely light blue color.
Found on Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Heavily used large Sun-Turned float with some net pattern markings.
This float measures 30 3/4 inches in circumference or about 9 3/4 inches in diameter.
No maker's mark.
Purported from Czechoslovakia but unable to confirm this float's origin. Purchased out of an estate sale in Cape Cod.
WP #5 'Yama Sen' 仙 also known as TY to beachcombers on the West Coast.
This float measures 26 1/4 inches in circumference or about 8 inches in diameter.
Heavy float for it's size. Nicely netted.
Double Sausage float as known as a groove sausage. Measures about 5 inches long.
Sourced from Hokkaido Island, Japan. Acquired from Kyo Antiques in Ocean Grove, Australia (Ogkyo).
Classic float with cobalt blue swirls. The blue swirls are mostly in the base of the float.
This float measures 3 inches in diameter.
Trimold float embossed with mark WP #78. This mark is a simple Yama 山 symbol. Mark is classified as uncommon.
It's a standard trimold float that measures 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
This undocumented mark is a bit of an enigma. I haven't been able to confirm this mark yet but it looks like it could be the Japanese symbol チ.
It's a smaller float measuring about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
This float originally came from Japan. It was part of a large container full of floats that Michelle & Shane Konkle brought over from Japan in 2021.
This appears to be mark WP #370. It looks like this could be a Nu ヌ symbol with Ichi 一 underneath it.
This float measures 8 5/8 inches in circumference or about 2 3/4 inches in diameter. I've seen other examples of the mark in the 2 3/4 inch diameter size.
This float originally came from Japan. It was in a large container full of floats that Michelle & Shane Konkle brought over from Japan in 2021.
Mark WP #45 is one of the rare roof marks. The stamp is comprised of the symbol 'Ta タ under a roof'.
This float measures 44 1/2 inches in circumference, so it's a 14 inch float.
I purchased this float in Japan in 2021.
This kanji roller is embossed with mark WP #151, which is 'Miyako Maru Ya'.
Mark #151 is the small version known as the 'small cartouche'.
The shape of the kanji roller is the standard type and measures about 6 inches in length.
Very rare Russian bi-mold float with the "2." mark.
These "2." marked floats have the seal button at a unusual 30 degree angle from the orientation of the embossment.
The seal button is also quite small. Similar in size to a first generation tri-mold float.
These floats appear to be quite old, perhaps they were precursors to the tri-mold manufacturing style of float.